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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 288. Today we're going to look at
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the difference between a while, two words and awhile
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one word. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. The term awhile as a single
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word is an adverb and it means for a time. iI cannot be used after prepositions
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such as for, in, after, etc. It usually directly follows a verb. Okay. So let's
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look at some of the examples here. He, he rested for awhile. . Okay. Here this would
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be wrong to use awhile as a single word here because it as a single word is a
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preposition. So it cannot follow for. So again this would be correct with the
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check. You say he rested awhile. Just that's it.
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Just awhile no' for' no ;in' no ' after. \" None of that. So it's a it's an adverb. It
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directly modifies the verb. Okay. All right. Let's continue. No the second one here. He
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rested for ten minutes. Yeah. It's just another way to show, you know, This , this
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period of time that he rested. Okay. Let's continue. The term a while as two words
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is a noun phrase. In this sense, use 'a' with a while. So it has to go with a
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while in order to be the noun phrase. As a noun phrase, a while can follow
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prepositions. So again this is, this is another mistake that we're probably
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going to notice more in writing. Because when you speak it it sounds exactly the same.
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Awhile as one word and a while as two words is spoken so fast that you can't
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tell the difference in speech. You're mostly going to see this in writing. Okay.
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Let's continue. So again with the X . This is wrong. He will return in a while. So
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you're using in it's a preposition so you cannot be using the adverb which is
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a single word here. So of course, with the check, this is
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correct. He will return in a while. A while here is two words. It is the noun phrase.
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Okay. let's continue. He will return after a while. Again the same thing.' After' is
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still a preposition. So awhile, as a single word is not correct here. It's an
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adverb. Okay and let's read the last one. With the check this is correct. He will
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return after a while two words again. It's the noun phrase. Okay. Anyway, I hope it's
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clear. Because this is a common mistake, especially found in writing. Well, I hope it's
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clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.